Bonds

Deutsche PBB Returns to Junior Bonds to Replace Old Debt

The Deutsche Pfandbriefbank headquarters in Garching, Germany.

Photographer: Michaela Stache/Bloomberg

German commercial property lender Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG sold its first subordinated bond in seven years to fund the buyback of some of its old junior debt.

The bank pricedBloomberg Terminal €300 million ($349 million) of Tier 2 bonds on Wednesday at a coupon of 7.125%, with order book amounting to more than €1.6 billion. The debt will be callable in 2030 and mature in 2035, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. The issue will finance a partial buybackBloomberg Terminal of two Tier 2 bonds that mature in 2027.